The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-03-31
Mr.. AND MRS. RoWsEP.
The Wife Reflects on Their Courtship and
Wonders Why She Changed Her Name.

The Wife Reflects on Their Courtship and
Wonders Why She Changed Her Name.
1t makes me tired when l sit and reflect on
the courtship that made me change my name
| to Mrs. Bowser. | was full of trust and love
and romance, and looked upon Mr. Bowser
as q god. One of his favorite pastimes was
to place me where the lamplight fell upon my
hair and TO address me as his golden haired
angel. Poor silly girl that l was, thought
it would always last! One evening after we
had been married five or six weeks took my
stand under the gas and asked him if his
angel was as dear to him as ever
"Humph!" he growled as he looked me
over.
"But won't you praise my golden hair~
"Golden carrots, Mrs. Bowser If l had
such mop of carroty hair on my head as you
possess, I'd go hide it away in a barrelr'
"Then you have ceased to love me!"
"Ceased nothingl have simply got tired
of all this boshy nonsense, and propose to
settle down to the realities of life."
During our courtship Mr.. Bowser delighted
to read to Inc from book of poems, and he
insisted on holding one of my hands while he
read. The second evening we were in our
own house l brought out Longfellow and sat
uOWH DcSluC UOOh ulo
"What are you paving around lie for!" he
asked, as he looked up
81 want my deary to read to me-"
"Well, your deary has got something else
to do! Pm reading upon bread and butter
instead of poetry. Please keep your paw at
home"
"You used to read such lovely poetry to
me-"
"That was because was FOOL"
went over to the other side of the room
and cried, and he let me weep away for a
straight hour by the clock before lie OBJ
served:
"Now, Mrs. Bowser, if you have got
through sniveling we'll go down stairs and
measure that coal bin and figure up the cubic
feet!"
During our courtship we used to take long
walks in the cleaning, and though l was
often so tired that could hardly drag oneleg
after the other, Mr.. Bowser would insist on
dragging me around He was always quot
ing something about GLORIOUS Luna" and
"silver stars" and "heaven's arch" and one
night as we sat upon the doorstep he put his
arm around me and said he could sit there
forever and aye 1t was hardly month
after our marriage that 1 put on my hat one
evening and asked him if he didn't want to
wander out for while and watch the silent
night shut down.
"I'd like to see myself soshing around with
this Internal corn on my toel" he replied.
"Mr. Bowser, there was time when you'd
have walked all night with a corn on every
toe"
"That shows what an idioU a man can make
of himself"
"You once said we'd always walk hand in
hand in life's cleaning"
II don't believe it'll 1 know 1 was soft, but
I don't believe l was as mushy as that"
"But you certainly did"
"Well, I'll take it all back now We've
got something else to do besides squeezing
paws and signing about the cleaning. Durn
the cleaning, Mrs. Bowserl The whole ca
Doodle of it wouldn't buy peck of potatoes
1t would look more suitable for you to wan
der out into the kitchen and see how many
tramps the cook is feeding at my expense. -
Detroit Free Press.